CIGARETTE TUBE FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

Herein described is a cigarette filling apparatus for loading substrate into blank cigarette tubes and adapted for use with conventional cigarette filling machines. The invention furthermore relates to methods of filling blank cigarette tubes using the apparatus described herein. The apparatus described herein reduces human error and increases filling speeds of conventional personal use cigarette filling machines. The apparatus generally comprises a tube dispensing member, a filler dispensing member, a tube loading arm, packing foot, filler hopper, and a tube hopper.

主权项

1. An adapter for a cigarette filling machine comprising a tube dispenser member and a filler chamber wherein said tube dispenser member temporarily stores blank cigarette tubes, dispenses blank cigarette tubes for filling in a controlled manner, and presents said blank cigarette tubes to said cigarette filling machine for filling with desired substrate and wherein said filler chamber temporarily stores the desired substrate in said filler chamber, advances the substrate to the cigarette filling machine in a controlled manner, and packs the substrate into the cigarette filling machine for loading into the blank tube with said packing foot.